Cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") in red. Source: Life Science Databases/Wikimedia Commons Brand new, cutting-edge research was unveiled yesterday which shows a correlation between brain volume in ...

If you reward a monkey with some juice, it will learn which hand to move in response to a specific visual cue – but only if the cerebellum is functioning properly. So say neuroscientists at the ...

It's understandable why so many people overlook the cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") when thinking about our ability to interpret other people's actions and read body language. Until the late ...

Scientists have developed a novel human brain organoid model that generates all the major cell types of the cerebellum, a hindbrain region predominantly made up of two cell types necessary for ...

The cerebellum plays a role in prefrontal cortex (PFC) function and cognition. How chronic and progressive cerebellar dysfunction impacts PFC function and cognition remains less understood.

A brain imaging study led by a team at Duke University has shown that adults with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have smaller cerebellums, suggesting that this part of the brain may represent a ...

When a 22-year-old college student turned up at a hospital after falling on ice and hitting her head, doctors conducted a CT scan that revealed a surprise: a tumor in her cerebellum, the fist-size ...

Physical fitness since childhood is associated with cerebellar grey matter volume in adolescents. Those who were stronger, faster and more agile, in other words, had better neuromuscular fitness since ...

New brain network view: Scientists now see the cerebellum and basal ganglia as part of an integrated network with the cortex, influencing both motor and cognitive functions. Beyond motor control: ...